In Miscellaneous Writings, page 161 is A Christmas Sermon given by Mary Baker Eddy that is well worth reading. She uses the text: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9)as a basis for her subject: The Corporeal and Incorporeal Savior.

At the end of her sermon MBE asks and answers these questions:

The material questions at this age on the reappearingof the infantile thought of God’s man, are after the man‐ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per‐tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science: —

Is he deformed?

He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.

Is the babe a son, or daughter?

Both son and daughter: even the compound idea ofall that resembles God.

How much does he weigh?

His substance outweighs the material world.

How old is he?

Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.

What is his name?

Christ Science.

Who are his parents, brothers, and sisters?

His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, andLove; and they who do the will of his Father are hisbrethren.

Is he heir to an estate?

“The government shall be upon his shoulder!” Hehas dominion over the whole earth; and in admirationof his origin, he exclaims, “I thank Thee, O Father, Lordof heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these thingsfrom the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them untobabes!”

Is he wonderful?

His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth libertyto the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin tothe sinner — and overcometh the world!

I have expressed the Isaiah text as follows:

For unto us an idea is borne and carried aloft for all to see and follow. Beauty and wonder fill all space and time and distance with his presence. The peace he brings is everlasting, the light never ending, the promise divine. This Christ gift has been bestowed upon mankind from God herself, ours to behold, to treasure, to nurture, to share. Let us do so kindly, generously, graciously and with heartfelt love.

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I can only be small and delicate in my dreams, but I like the gossamer wing idea. So perchance I leave those to dreaming. And come here to share the bigger, more substantial thoughts that occupy my daytime thinkings and imagination.